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They're ok-ish.
Today I have been assembling stools for Yield, as well as a few other jobs. They have come together well, although not always perfectly.
Luckily, using cardboard thee is always some yield (excuse the pun) within the structure when fabricating, and it can be much more forgiving than other sheet materials. You can see that there are two other graphic patterns, other than the test print that we used, which look great and add an extra dimension to the design, thanks to Gerbrand van Melle.
Over the weekend Thomas McQuillan and I shot all the garments in the exhibition, front, three-quarter, side, back and other side. After initially having a minor disaster which looked to stymy us completely we pulled it together. Check out some of the behind the scenes action!
Here is a finished Yield Stool.
This one is cut from the test print of Timo's panel. There us a black rubber extrusion that protects the base, and the two black lines in the spine are two pieces of pine. As the tool we bought to cut the 72 degree angle for the spine didn't work, the stool now comprises of two 18 degree pine wedges to attain the angle. These are stained black, and give a visual link to the black extrusion on the base. The stools are amazingly light and surprisingly strong with some yield within the structure. Using the Xanita board as a fabrication material for furniture has been quite challenging, but I think I have produced a stool, perfect for a short rest within the exhibition that also escapes the 'cut & slot' aesthetic synonymous with this material. Gerbrand van Melle's fractured graphics really make the piece and each set of four stools will exude a different graphic quality.
Sustainability in fashion design can be explored through a myriad of approaches, from materials selection to making processes to considerations of garment-in-use to possibilities regarding end-of-life. The is the first comprehensive survey of zero-waste designers in the world. The exhibition will open in New Zealand at The Dowse Art Museum in March 2011 and in Brooklyn, New York at The Textile Arts Centre in September 2011.
